Usually what happens is somebody has an idea of what kind of tone they're looking for and we end up choosing something from what I have on hand... or what I can find. I look for certain things in the tone of my basses, and can find them in the hardware and electronics offered as standard... Gotoh tuners, Indi bridges and EMG extended series pickups.
If somebody wants something different, they have to supply it. You won't get the true JAF tone with anything else, but if that's the way you want to go, I'm game.
Below are some of the custom designs I have created. Enjoy!
This is my "boat bass" (and my boat amp!) that I bring with me whenever I'm going for trips in my sail boat. It will eventually be rebuilt with a new body and tuners.
Specifications
- Body: One-piece teak
- Neck: Aluminum Kramer headless, salvaged from “the Duke”
- Electronics: 1 x EMG 35DC
- Hardware: Schaller roller bridge, Gotoh guitar tuners
This was our first consignment bass. The owner supplied the Moses graphite neck and all hardware and electronics.
Specifications
- Body: Ash core with wenge face and back laminates
- Neck: Moses graphite 6-string headless
- Electronics 2 x EMG45DC with EMG BTC eq
- The bass is owned by Tyler Terrell
This bass incorporates the original Washburn neck from #001. It will sport a brand new JAF neck by April 2006.
Specifications
- Body: Walnut core with zebrawood front and back laminates
- Neck: Originally one-piece maple to be replaced by a 5 laminate maple and purpleheart neck, with a pau ferro fingerboard
- Electronics: EMG PJ set with EMG BTS preamp
Specifications
- Body: Mahogany core with walnut face and back laminates
- Neck: 5 piece maple and purpleheart
- Fretboard: Pau ferro
- Electronics: Bartolini
This bass was built to very definite specs supplied by the owner.
Specifications
- Body: Alder wings with pau ferro front and back laminates
- Neck through: 5 piece mahogany and purpleheart
- Fretboard: Purpleheart with zero fret and 26 frets
- Electronics: Lightwave system
- Hardware: Sperzel tuners
- Interesting details: Purpleheart bass clef thumbrest
- Purpleheart headstock inserts for equal sound transfer
New neck for Yamaha bass
Specifications:
- Steve Farley gets a new neck for his yammy
Sentinel prototype
built for Mike McCoy of Sentinel basses
Specifications:
- Body: Mahogany core with cocobolo face and back laminates
- Neck: 5 piece maple and purpleheart
- Fingerboard: Ebony Mahogany Core with Cocobolo laminates
- 2 x S. Duncan Soapbars + Custom 3 band eq
